As I did last week, I made a 4 course dinner and invited some friends over to taste my carrot adventure in the kitchen, I also asked them to decide which of my 4 dishes I should enter for this weeks challenge, they all felt that it should be the CarrotMousse as they found it the most surprising and unique of the 4 dishes, quite funny for me since I am not a dessert person at all ...I prefer starters ...
Here is a picture of the plated dish
Ingredients
small eco carrots
butter
honey
lemon
eco sugar
Maple syrup
creamcheese
whipped cream
Steps
- melt butter with a teaspoon of lemon juice
- add 10 peeled carrots and a big spoon of honey
- Leave to zimmer on low heat until the carrots are tender
- Remove only the carrots and puree them with two spoons of creamcheese
- chill the mixture
- add a spoon of maplesyrup and a spoon of eco sugar to the liquid from zimmering the carrots and let it caramelize slightly..
- carefully incorporate the carrot mix with the whipped cream
- Plate the Mousse with the sauce... I also added a basil leave for extra taste and choose a sexy cocktail glass...
The flavor was very full and well rounded.. the glaze was a lovely compliment and the basil added a hint of fresh sexyness to the dessert ....I was very happy with the result ... and so were my guests ...
The Full 4 Course Dinner
I will add links to the how to's once I have made the 3 additional posts for each of the remaining dishes
Starter : Carrot Carpaccio
paper thin slices of carrot raw marinated in a dressing of fresh basil, garlic, oliveoil, salt and pepper and a few drops of lemonjuice see the full post on this dish here @globaldoodlegems/carrot-carpaccio
Soup : Carrot and Butternut squash Soup
with a hint of curry and a dash of double cream... you can see the steps to this dish here @globaldoodlegems/carrot-and-butternut-squash-soup
**Main : Carrot "Meatballs" with Couscous and a roasted carrot cream
a lot of element in this one .... all with carrots ... see the full steps for this dish here @globaldoodlegems/carrot-meatballs-with-couscous-and-a-roasted-carrot-cream
Yet another wonderful adventure in my kitchen for this weeks challenge ...I had so much fun making this !
I want to thank @progressivechef for making this awesome challenge, I look forward to the weeks to come !